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Special Weather Statement, NWS Burlington, VT

August 3, 2015Orange County, Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2015, 5:56 PM EDT for Orange County, Vermont. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2015, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2015, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Burlington, VT

County Orange County, VT

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 3, 4:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 4:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 4:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
400 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

NYZ034-035-VTZ001>012-016>019-041100-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-GRAND ISLE-WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-
ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-
WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-
EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND-
400 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 466 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL
VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN
VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NYZ026>031-087-041100-
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-
400 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN NEW YORK THIS
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY
DOWNPOURS, STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. STORMS WILL
GENERALLY TRACK SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AROUND 20 TO 30 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 4:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 5:27 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 3, 5:31 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 3, 5:56 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 3, 2:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Chittenden	25 min
Aug 3, 2:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Addison, Chittenden, Washington	45 min
Aug 3, 2:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Orange	24 min
Aug 3, 2:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	52 min
Aug 3, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Orleans	26 min
Aug 3, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Addison	28 min
Aug 3, 2:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Chittenden, Franklin, Lamoille, Orleans, Washington	21 min
Aug 3, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Orleans	34 min
Aug 3, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Washington	46 min
Aug 3, 3:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Washington	42 min
Aug 3, 3:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Orleans	31 min
Aug 3, 3:18 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	BTV	Orleans	6 hr
Aug 3, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Caledonia	51 min
Aug 3, 3:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BTV	Caledonia, Lamoille, Washington	3 hr
Aug 3, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BTV	Caledonia, Orleans	19 min
Aug 3, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Addison	42 min
Aug 3, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Franklin	35 min
Aug 3, 4:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Essex	42 min
Aug 3, 4:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Orleans	14 min
Aug 3, 4:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Windsor	55 min
Aug 3, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Essex	28 min
Aug 3, 7:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Caledonia	44 min
Aug 3, 7:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Rutland	46 min
Aug 3, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	BTV	Essex, Orleans	63 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Vermont, 2015 Every special weather statement in 2015

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.